Operating Room Turmoil
Surgeon Zhu Jingqiang completed the final suturing of the surgery amidst a pirate ship-like swaying.
On May 12th at 14:28, Zhu Jingqiang was performing a fat and lymph node tissue clearance for a lymphoma patient in the operating room on the 12th floor of West China Hospital.
The surgery was about to be finished.
Suddenly, he felt a pounding-like shaking of the ground. Surgical instruments, anesthetic supplies, and scalpels instantly began to "clatter" around in their trays.
It became impossible to stand steadily. The entire room started to sway dramatically. Zhu Jingqiang immediately realized, "It's an earthquake!"
"Our floor is relatively high, so it sways severely. The earthquake will pass quickly, don't be afraid," Zhu Jingqiang recalled the first sentence he spoke at that moment to the reporter.